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Council Tax & Benefits
The merger of the Council Tax and Benefits services avoids the
necessity to pass telephone callers, correspondence or personal
visitors from one department to another, and with appropriate team
and personnel training, individual officers are able to deal with
the majority of enquiries efficiently on a 'first call, one stop'
basis.
Council Tax
Council Tax is a locally set tax that is payable on all domestic
properties. There will be one bill per property, whether it is a
house, bungalow, flat, maisonette, mobile home or houseboat, and
whether it is owned or rented.
It is collected to help pay for local services such as schools,
roads, libraries, police, fire and rubbish collection, as well as
many other local services.
Benefits Calculator
Do you need to know how much housing benefit or council tax
benefit you may qualify for?
To estimate your likely awards of benefit, click on 'Benefits
Calculator' links below and answer the questions as fully
as possible.
It will help if you have details of your household income,
savings, rent and council tax to hand. The more accurate your
answers, the nearer it will be to the award.
Please note: Using this calculator is not a
claim for benefit. The result is an estimate only which the
benefits service does not guarantee.
Benefits
Calculator
Social Benefits
Welfare benefits are payments made by the Government to
individuals or families in order to provide a level of income
appropriate to their needs.
There are a wide range of benefits available which can
assist:
- Families;
- people with ill health or disabilities;
- people who are unemployed or on low incomes;
- people who have been bereaved and pensioners
For more information on the benefits that are available please
use the links below.
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